Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has called on the law enforcement agencies to “step up” their operations in the fight against piracy, a major challenge facing the local fishing industry.
Persaud made those remarks while addressing fisher folk at an open-day celebration which was held at the Guyana Fisheries Limited Wharf at Houston yesterday. There has been a recent spike in the number of piracy attacks on fishermen. Last Friday pirates attacked 15 boats in a rampage along the Berbice coast that lasted several hours.
According to the Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA), while addressing fishermen at the event, Persaud said that he is adamant that more can be done to tackle piracy.
“We need to see a step-up by the law enforcement agencies. The Minister of Home Affairs has passed an anti-piracy Bill. We need to see
